Question: I was raised on a farm near a small mid-western town. A few years ago I inherited the farm where I grew up. Now that I’m retired, I’d like to move back to the farm. The problem is my wife of 45 years (a city girl) doesn’t want to live on the farm. I […]
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By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Abigail Kim, a recent Crescenta Valley High School graduate, was setting up an account and getting ready for her future school home in Annapolis, Maryland. Kim is one of the 1,200 candidates nationwide who was selected for the U.S. Naval Academy’s “plebe,” or freshman, class. Each student is required to participate […]
By Maya PORCELLI, intern Museum is a “celebration of all that can be accomplished when we work together.” ~ Shant Sahakian, executive director, Armenian American Museum. “What is the worth of human life, unless it’s woven into the lives of our ancestors by the records of history?” This quote from the Roman philosopher Marcos […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There appears to be a light at the end of the restaurant tunnel at the corner of Verdugo Boulevard and Honolulu Avenue. Gus and Andy’s Kitchen and Bar is looking to open, with the earliest date in August and the latest date in the beginning of fall. The site at 2201 Honolulu […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council spent a bulk of its Tuesday night meeting considering various measures to set spending limits for municipal elections and ways to increase participation in local elections by providing public funds, perhaps in the form of “matching funds.” Some jurisdictions provide funds to potential candidates who meet qualifications to […]
By Justin HAGER Despite being the final Glendale Design Review Board (DRB) agenda item and delaying by four hours the beginning of its preliminary hearing on a proposed 57,000 square foot mixed-use development on Foothill Boulevard, neighbors and nearby residents to the proposed project were not to be deterred from their chance to voice their […]
Defecate Etiquette Part 2: Pack It In, Pack It Out In my July 1 column, Defecate Etiquette Part 2, I asked for responses to the question of the propriety of depositing filled doggie poop bags into trash bins that were on the street. The responses I received gave me points to ponder. Anne wrote, “People […]
“Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.” ~ Stephen Hawking Weather is the one trusted topic that can be included in polite conversation. So we have been taught. But these days I’m not […]
On June 23 at approximately 4:30 p.m., a patrol officer located an unoccupied stolen vehicle parked in a parking lot on the 3800 block of Foothill Boulevard. The officer then observed a female, later identified as 51-year-old Anna Gutierrez of Burbank, enter the vehicle and put a bag into it. She then walked away from the vehicle […]